News for March 23 — Vaccination Halves Long COVID Risk

Vaccination halves long COVID risk: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-03-23/study-vaccination-cuts-risk-of-long-covid-19-nearly-in-half . This alone constitutes an excellent reason to get vaccinated.

White House disbanding COVID team: https://khn.org/morning-breakout/white-house-is-shutting-down-covid-response-team/ . So, as the COVID emergency will be declared over in May, the COVID response team will disband. Ashish Jha, the national coordinator, will likely leave the Biden administration at that time. More: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-03-23/reports-biden-administration-to-disband-white-house-covid-19-response-team-in-may .

WSJ: Engineered personal stem cells used to fight incurable diseases: https://www.wsj.com/articles/stem-cells-parkinsons-disease-heart-failure-60e9e21f . This constitutes the true Fountain of Youth.

More sad eye drop news: https://www.aol.com/want-justice-miami-woman-lost-080505903.html .

WSJ: Weekly jobless claims drift lower: https://www.wsj.com/articles/steady-jobless-claims-show-labor-market-remains-strong-8c9aab66 . This is another indicator that there is still room to raise interest rates.

WSJ: Bank of England raises interest rates 25 basis points: https://www.wsj.com/articles/swiss-central-bank-lifts-key-rate-declares-end-to-bank-crisis-55f8dff2 . A pause in increases was on the table until the inflation rate increased in the latest data.

Evergrande reaches bond restructuring deal: WSJ:  https://www.wsj.com/articles/evergrande-strikes-deal-for-19-billion-bond-restructuring-fa9e79b9 . Evergrande is the most indebted property company in the world. There are $19 billion of bonds involved in this deal. However, at a current value of 9 cents per dollar, the bonds are currently worth less than $2 billion. More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/evergrande-restructuring-is-a-warning-to-chinas-other-creditors-c5d17734 .

WSJ: Ukraine encounters troop mobilization shortages: https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-year-into-war-ukraine-faces-challenges-mobilizing-troops-64dcdc49 .

House fails to override Biden’s first veto, on ESG investing: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-fails-override-bidens-first-veto-rcna76002 . Kevin McCarthy mustered 219 votes, 71 short of the 290 needed for override. So the House GOP bill, which did not make logical sense, never stood a chance from the start. Let’s go, Kevin!

Pro-Orange Julius protestor Ray Epps demands Fox retract false January 6 conspiracy theory that Epps was secretly working for the government: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/-trump-protester-ray-epps-seeks-public-retraction-conspiracy-theory-tu-rcna76363 . So go ahead, Tucker, retract your made-up BS. It’ll be good practice for the Dominion verdict.

Bragg tells House GOP to stuff it after their interference in an ongoing prosecution: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3914396-bragg-says-trump-created-false-expectation-on-potential-arrest/ . Meanwhile, OJ raised $1.5 million off his latest lie: https://www.aol.com/news/donald-trumps-fans-sent-him-041538544.html .

Why the Court order forcing OJ’s attorney to turn over documents is a big deal: https://www.rawstory.com/crime-fraud-exception-trump/ . So if, as expected, the lawyer says OJ directed the contents of the false certification letter concerning classified documents, this demonstrates OJ’s obstruction of justice. More: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/03/trump-indictment-court-ruling-prosecutor-charges-jack-smith.html .

WSJ: January 6 insurrectionist gets 3 years in prison: https://www.wsj.com/articles/jan-6-rioter-gets-three-year-sentence-for-storming-nancy-pelosis-office-28a22a9e .

3D print job fails big-time: https://apnews.com/article/3d-printed-rocket-space-launch-d2cd68caef2d89fd878003b68c7bba13 .